Video: Spent: Looking For Change (Documentary)

Spent: Looking for Change is a film about everyday Americans without the financial options most of us take for granted and the movement giving them renewed hope. To find out more and take action, visit http://spentmovie.com/.

Turning to pawn shops, check cashing services, and using payday loans to meet basic financial needs can be costly for many of us, with $89 billion a year going to fees and interest* for using these types of alternative financial services.

It’s time for change. New technology, new ideas and encouraging dialogue around this issue can help make managing money simple and more affordable.

American Express is presenting this documentary to help improve financial inclusion in the United States. Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim is the executive producer of the documentary which is narrated by Tyler Perry and directed by Derek Doneen.

John White is an Internet media expert and editorial consultant who has been developing news websites since 1996.
He is a skilled editor and experienced in new-media development and execution, on-the-fly editing, planning and posting, live-event producing, team building, social media posting and more.
He has been an editor, managing editor, manager of communications and president of an online media company.
John is the regional editor for Black Press in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Prior to that, he was digital news editor at the Edmonton Journal, one of Canada's leading daily newspapers and digital news teams.
Before that, John was deputy editor, online of the Winnipeg Free Press, where his leadership and vision drove explosive growth in absolute uniques and 130 per cent growth in reader comments and submissions.
He developed the business plan for Canada's first online-only news service and took it from concept through execution. He has a proven track record of effectively leveraging social media and content marketing tools to expand audience and brand reach.
John graduated from Red River College with a Creative Communications diploma.